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  • Palembangs brocade endures test of time

    Palembang's brocade endures test of time

    Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:05 AM
    The fine textures and unique designs of Palembang songket, woven designs embellished with elaborate brocade, have earned nationwide renown and become favorite souvenirs of visitors to the city.

  • Disaster looms for rich Wallacea

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:12 AM
    Long before climate change had become the hot issue it is today, British biogeographer Alfred Russel Wallace had foreseen the correlation between deforestation and environmental disaster.

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  • Letter from Ternate

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:11 AM
    British biogeographer Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in what was then known as the Malay Archipelago (now Indonesia and Malaysia) in 1854, at the age of 31.

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